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And satire hit full strut bundled up or shirt less. Wasnt time of year to go out and have fun. Cold, rape, snow, we do it. Two street stoppers we fire up and bring the crowd. Reporter the crowd wore layers as the mummers warmed by their favorite beverages welcomed the new year. Jerry fox lost her son live long mummer in 2017. So at 81, she took his place. It was a little scary in the building by the time we got to the judges i was whoo whoo here i am. It was juggling and acrobatics and the poke in the eye to jailed city pauls the mummers have become famous for. I didnt have enough room on my son for john purchase sell and rick mariano. Why is the mayor at the top. Giving him a little warning saying, hey, you guys got to get in line witness frogs. Join the frogs and be a jailhouse frog. Reporter one family sheltered from the cold at a bus stop. Were enjoying ourselves. We cant ask for nothing better. Great new years. So were just out here having fun. Trying to stay warm. Reporter mayor
Icy start to the new year. Brutal, bonechilling weather and its not over. Now, were talking about more snow. The worst is yet to come. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Bonechilling cold isnt the only thing were talking about right now. Snow in the pocono mountains and we can see more of that this week. You wont find any of that, though, on the streets of old city right now. But you will find a bitter wind blasting our area. If youre hoping for some relief, you better hold on it will be a little while. Thank you for joining us im lucy noland. Im iain page. Its a frozen start to 2018. Kathy orr is talking about a chance for snow this week. Kathy, this could be some real accumulation. It could, iain. Were talking about noreaster. This could be a big storm. The cold is already in place in old city philadelphia. The temperatures are frigid. Its 16 pottstown only 12. In the pocono it is 5 degrees and wind chills even lower. 14 below in the poconos. In philadelphia two. How about one below in millvi
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